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Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2)

CHAPTER XVII
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So Rondo had himself urned in a crystal." "And that immortalized Rondo, no doubt," said Babbalanja.

"Ha! ha! pity he fared not like the fat porpoise frozen and tombed in an iceberg; its icy shroud drifting south, soon melted away, and down, out of sight, sunk the dead." "Well, so much for amber," cried Media.

"Now, Mohi, go on about Farnoo." "Know, then, my lord, that Farnoo is more like ambergris than amber." "Is it?
then, pray, tell us something on that head.

You know all about ambergris, too, I suppose." "Every thing about all things, my lord.

Ambergris is found both on land and at sea.


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